{"id":85159,"date":"2025-07-18T10:55:26","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T16:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/?p=85159"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:55:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T16:55:28","slug":"%d0%bf%d0%be%d1%88%d0%b8%d1%80%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d1%96%d1%81%d0%bf%d0%b0%d0%bd%d1%81%d1%8c%d0%ba%d0%b0-%d0%bf%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%b8%d0%bb%d0%ba%d0%b0-darse-cuenta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/uk\/common-spanish-mistake-darse-cuenta\/","title":{"rendered":"\u041f\u043e\u0448\u0438\u0440\u0435\u043d\u0430 \u0456\u0441\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043b\u043a\u0430: \"Darse cuenta\""},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Common Spanish mistake: &quot;Darse cuenta&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ouqCyWFR8e4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u041f\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0456\u0442\u043a\u0430: \u0423 \u0446\u044c\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0435\u043e \u0432\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0440\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e \u0430\u0432\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u043e \u0437\u0433\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0456 \u0441\u0443\u0431\u0442\u0438\u0442\u0440\u0438. \u041f\u0440\u043e\u0441\u0438\u043c\u043e \u0432\u0438\u0431\u0430\u0447\u0438\u0442\u0438 \u0437\u0430 \u043c\u043e\u0436\u043b\u0438\u0432\u0456 \u043d\u0435\u0442\u043e\u0447\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0456.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wait&#8230; \u201cRealizar\u201d Doesn\u2019t Mean \u201cTo Realize\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I swear I\u2019m not making this up. If you\u2019re learning Spanish and proudly said something like: \u201c\u00a1Yo realic\u00e9 que dej\u00e9 mi caf\u00e9 en el carro!\u201d \u2026and got blank stares or polite nods from native speakers\u2026 <strong>I hate to break it to you, but\u00a0realizar\u00a0doesn\u2019t mean\u00a0to realize.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I know what you&#8217;re thinking right now: \u201cReally? Are you sure? That sounds fake.\u201d Yes. Really. I promise I\u2019m not making this up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is not a drill. <strong>In Spanish,\u00a0realizar\u00a0means\u00a0to carry out,\u00a0to execute, or\u00a0to accomplish.<\/strong> It\u2019s like when you complete a task, not when you suddenly remember it existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Realizamos una investigaci\u00f3n muy importante. We carried out a very important investigation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yo realic\u00e9 que era martes. You did\u00a0what\u00a0to Tuesday? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>So\u2026 what do you say when you\u00a0realize\u00a0something in Spanish? Say hello to\u00a0\u201c<strong>darse cuenta\u201d. Literally:\u00a0to give oneself account\u00a0of something.<\/strong> It sounds philosophical, but it\u2019s just how Spanish rolls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Me di cuenta de que era martes. I realized it was Tuesday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nos dimos cuenta de que el jefe estaba escuchando. We realized the boss was listening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So next time someone looks at you funny when you say\u00a0realic\u00e9, don\u2019t worry. Just smile, correct yourself, and say: <strong>\u00a1Me di cuenta! <\/strong>And yes\u2026 it\u2019s weird. But it\u2019s true. I swear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0413\u043e\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0456 \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0449\u0438\u0442\u0438 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u044e \u0456\u0441\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0443? \u041d\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0441\u043d\u0456\u0442\u044c <a href=\"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/uk\/%d0%ba%d0%bb%d0%b0%d1%81%d0%b8\/%d1%96%d1%81%d0%bf%d0%b0%d0%bd%d1%81%d1%8c%d0%ba%d0%b0\/\">\u0442\u0443\u0442.<\/a> \u0449\u043e\u0431 \u0440\u043e\u0437\u043f\u043e\u0447\u0430\u0442\u0438 \u0441\u0432\u0456\u0439 \u0448\u043b\u044f\u0445 \u0432\u0438\u0432\u0447\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u043c\u043e\u0432\u0438 \u0437 \u043d\u0430\u043c\u0438!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0417\u0430\u0447\u0435\u043a\u0430\u0439\u0442\u0435... \u201cRealizar\u201d \u043d\u0435 \u043e\u0437\u043d\u0430\u0447\u0430\u0454 \u201c\u0443\u0441\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u043b\u044e\u0432\u0430\u0442\u0438\u201d? \u041a\u043b\u044f\u043d\u0443\u0441\u044c, \u044f \u0446\u0435 \u043d\u0435 \u0432\u0438\u0433\u0430\u0434\u0443\u044e. \u042f\u043a\u0449\u043e \u0432\u0438 \u0432\u0438\u0432\u0447\u0430\u0454\u0442\u0435 \u0456\u0441\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0443 \u043c\u043e\u0432\u0443 \u0456 \u0437 \u0433\u043e\u0440\u0434\u0456\u0441\u0442\u044e \u0441\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0449\u043e\u0441\u044c \u043d\u0430 \u043a\u0448\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0442: \u201c\u00a1Yo realic\u00e9 que...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":85163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[100,101,114],"class_list":["post-85159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-language","tag-learning","tag-spanish",""],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crlanguages.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}